Poems (Hoffman)/Song (My merry maid in the maple shade)

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4567534Poems — SongMartha Lavinia Hoffman

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My merry maid in the maple shade,
With the fresh, green leaves above you,
With your child-like face and your artless grace,
Oh, who could help but love you!

And I would not break for your own sweet sake,
Your dreams, all their fairies routing,
And idly change, with a truth so strange,
Your young heart's faith to doubting.